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EXPLAINER THREAD
1. BlueLeaks is a large dataset stolen from a centralized commercial IT company who serves local law enforcement in various US jurisdictions.
#Infosec
#Anonymous
#Censorship
#PoliceBrutality
#PoliceReform
#BlackLivesMatter
More about #BlueLeaks
1. BlueLeaks is a large dataset stolen from a centralized commercial IT company who serves local law enforcement in various US jurisdictions.
#Infosec
#Anonymous
#Censorship
#PoliceBrutality
#PoliceReform
#BlackLivesMatter
More about #BlueLeaks
2. The data was provided to @natsecgeek’s DDoSecrets project, who is dealing with Twitter’s censorship of the leaks.
Their account is somewhat shadowbanned — doesn’t come up on top when searching for “Emma Best” or even the whole username.
Their account is somewhat shadowbanned — doesn’t come up on top when searching for “Emma Best” or even the whole username.
3. Emma’s project is most often compared to WikiLeaks.
The @DDoSecrets account was recently suspended after dropping these leaks.
Attribution for the hack is “Anonymous” as of right now, but that could change.
The @DDoSecrets account was recently suspended after dropping these leaks.
Attribution for the hack is “Anonymous” as of right now, but that could change.
4. Posting links (magnet/torrent/direct site/archive.org) related to BlueLeaks gets your account suspended/locked. https://twitter.com/natsecgeek/status/1277695923892690946
5. Trying to link to their website, even in DM, gets you this message.
(Try sending with brackets around the periods like[.]this[.]google[.]com)
![5. Trying to link to their website, even in DM, gets you this message.(Try sending with brackets around the periods like[.]this[.]google[.]com)](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eb209ibXQAAEsFk.jpg "5. Trying to link to their website, even in DM, gets you this message.(Try sending with brackets around the periods like[.]this[.]google[.]com)")
(Try sending with brackets around the periods like[.]this[.]google[.]com)
6. Emma’s recent FOIA request/response via @MuckRock confirms there is an active FBI investigation https://twitter.com/natsecgeek/status/1278082943857147906
7. The data itself is hosted at a DDoSecrets website called the Hunter Memorial Library, which you can find with Google.
They’re using the http://docs.alephdata.org software to make the massive ~250GB+ archive searchable for journalists & other investigators.
Enjoy!
They’re using the http://docs.alephdata.org software to make the massive ~250GB+ archive searchable for journalists & other investigators.
Enjoy!
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I can do more explainer threads (or videos) if there’s interest!
I can do more explainer threads (or videos) if there’s interest!
Addendum:
DDoSecrets claims to have scrubbed 50GB of PII re: victims, children, etc from the dataset prior to publishing.
DDoSecrets claims to have scrubbed 50GB of PII re: victims, children, etc from the dataset prior to publishing.
